B&W FILM XFER FTG OF UNITED FILMS NEWSREEL ON FIRST 18 MONTHS OF US INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR TWO (WWII)

01:12:58 CHYRON UNITED FILMS NEWS REVIEW ISSUE NUMBER ONE

01:13:11 CHYRON THIS IS A FILM RECORD OF THE FIRST EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AMERICA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR / THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THIS PERIOD ARE SHOWN IN SCENES FROM AMERICAN AND ALLIED NEWSREELS / ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, JAPAN ATTACKS THE UNITED STATES / THREE DAYS LATER THE GOVERNMENTS OF GERMANY AND ITALY DECLARE WAR / PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES CONGRESS

01:13:35 MS OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (FDR) AT ROSTRUM OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS HE DELIVERS 41/12/08 SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS DECLARING WAR ON JAPAN IN AFTERMATH OF JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR / HE SAYS NO MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE US TO OVERCOME THIS PREMEDITATED INVASION THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR RIGHTEOUS MIGHT WILL WIN THROUGH TO ABSOLUTE VICTORY / HAS OF CONGRESS / CHAMBER ERUPTS IN CHEERS

01:13:49 TIGHT SHOT OF PEOPLE NEAR OPEN DOOR OF CAR LISTENING TO FDR SPEECH OVER CAR RADIO

01:13:54 MS OF FDR AT ROSTRUM / HE SAYS WITH CONFIDENCE IN OUR ARMED FORCES, W/ THE UNBOUNDING DETERMINATION OF OUR PEOPLE WE WILL GAIN THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH SO HELP US GOD